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'I never sign a film for acceptance'

Madhavan talks about his career, and what to expect from him.

'Working with Mani Ratnam is frightening'

Madhavan talks about Rang De Basanti, and his Guru experience.

'The only hope we have is the HIGHEST court'

'If we get a hearing soon, I am hundred percent sure he would be a free man as they do not have any evidence against him.'

'What pleasure do politicians get by keeping innocents in jail?'

'What do they gain from making the lives of three children miserable?' 'What do they gain from making a wife cry day and night?'

'I've compromised on all my films'

Director Kamal talks about his new film, Karutha Pakshikal.

'A love story about real people'

Priya, Mani Ratnam's assistant, is ready with her first feature film.

7-point guide for budding entrepreneurs

Chowdhary holds forth on the entrepreneurial activity in India, what TiE is doing to promote entrepreneurship and advises aspiring entrepreneurs.

'The pandemic has made us more hateful'

'The reason why we have reached such depths is because of the breakdown of the rule of law, and not the political atmosphere.' 'Yes, the political atmosphere has aggravated the situation.'

"I want to write Rajnikant's biography..."

'Decision to sell LIC is more political than economic'

'How can you explain the necessity of selling an institution that has been delivering regular returns to the government, that has never asked for any capital from the government, that has invested Rs 38 lakh crores in the Indian economy and that owns 4 per cent of the market capitalisation in India?'

'What is RBI doing when these frauds were happening?'

'Let them put their house in order first.' 'Let the RBI first rectify themselves.'

'BJP has unleashed central agencies on their political opponents'

'Our views are different on fundamental matters right from the question of citizenship, all the way up to what the character of the Government should be, how a democracy should function and whether investigation agencies should be allowed to function independently.'

'The STF has been waiting since 1992'

'Remember, they are all volunteers unlike other forces, and they said they would not come out of the forest until they finished the job. That was the kind of dedication and perseverance they had.' says former STF boss Walter Dawaram.

Adoor's first leading man

'I want to be in the top 20 or 30'

'While in Chennai, I play alone. It gets lonely at times because you wish for someone to play with you,' says Joshna Chinnappa, India's number one squash player.

'At Moscow we proved the pundits wrong'

Former India hockey captain Vasudevan Bhaskaran shares his Olympics experiences with Shobha Warrier.

'Parts of India have begun to run out of water'

'Rain-fed farms in the drier parts of the country are feeling the pinch of lack of water, and this pinch is only going to increase. Some of the biggest companies have shut down because of non-availability of water.'

The need for foreigners at IIT

IIT-Madras director on the need for foreigners at IIT.

'Democracy is not a lollipop'

'No society becomes democratic merely by holding an election,' says T N Seshan.

'Entertainment is not a bad word'

Mani Ratnam talks about his filmmaking process, and his love for songs.

Sabu Cyril created cities for Mani Ratnam

Why Ravi K Chandran prefers Yuva

'Any set you erect should have life in it'

'BJP leaders were sympathetic, but nobody came forward to help us'

'What the UP administration wanted was political mileage, and they also had the silent approval from the central government.'

'When they change jobs, they get 50% hike'

'Some people even boldly ask for a 100% increase in the salary.'

'There was no talk about divestment at all'

R Parasu Raman, chairman, CII -- southern region and chairman and managing director, Novar India Ltd, speaks to Shobha Warrier on the Budget.

'Rajni was nervous about how he'd look'

'They have turned a majority of Hindus to Muslim haters'

'A Muslim is lynched somewhere, and you forward the video of the lynching through WhatsApp.' 'So, you participate in that lynching without actually doing it. You endorse it without being a party to it.'

'I wanted to be like MGR'

Veteran actor Sarath Kumar talks about how he's heading in a different cinematic direction.

'MGR films are my reference point'

National Award winning director S P Jananathan talks about his new film, E.

'People have convicted Shankaracharya'

'Everyone has prejudged him, and they have already convicted the Shankaracharya. The press has convicted him. The politicians have convicted him,' says Cho Ramaswamy.

'A million telematics jobs in India soon'

Globally, IT and automotive together are a $4.5 trillion industry, and telematics forms a big part of this. Telematics is set to grow in a big way and can create a million-plus jobs in India over the next 5 years, says Prof Sadagopan.

'Our vaccine policy is like temple darshan'

'If you pay Rs 1,000, you get a special queue.' 'If you pay Rs 500, there will be another shorter queue.' 'There will be a separate queue for Rs 300.' 'Is this the way you give vaccine to the people?'

'Heat wave may abate after May 4'

'After the 4th of May we can expect thunderstorms, dust storms and some rain over a large area of north India.'

A film with Sarita, Khushboo, Jyothika

Revathy Varma talks about her first film, June R.

'Today, job famine causes food famine'

'Bring professionalism to Indian hockey'

Former India hockey captain and coach Vasudevan Bhaskaran calls for more transparency in the IHF's functioning.

'Indians masters at getting high grades in US'

When you go to US B-schools, you find that most of the student getting high GPAs are Indians. So, we had to do a different mix in order to make sure we had a good mix of people.

'Hindi is my indulgence'

Madhavan's first comedy, the Tamil film Nala Damayanti, is a big hit. The actor couldn't be happier.

'India always has enough brains'

'India is looking up as the future of the world in many ways,' says IIT-M Director Dr M S Ananth.